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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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LAGUNA SUNRISE (Black Sabbath)
 ==============

 -- comp. Black Sabbath [Tony Iommi!?], 1972 (from _Vol._4_)
   -- transcribed/tabbed for two guitars: tcg, '81, '89, '94
   -- 4/4 // keys: D, F/Dm, C // Andante (pretty slow)
   -- Sequence: A1-A2-B-A1-A1-A3 (note repeat signs & textual notes)
       [may wanna throw out an "A" or two--unless you got a string
       orchestra!--like Sabbath--to keep "building" interest....]
   -- chords & notes easy enough, but timing "hellacious," so had
       to resort to the dreaded w-h-q-e-s-t shorthand:
     w = whole note; h = half; q = quarter; e = eighth; s = sixteenth
     q. = dotted quarter (etc.); [q] = quarter rest (etc.)
     q-q = tied quarters (also, ===== another aid to duration)
     q3 q3 q3 = quarter triplets (etc.)


 A::
 GUIT 1 [first note an upbeat sixteenth: 1-&-2-duh-duh-duh-duh-dah]
 ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ---||----------------------------------|---------------------------------0--|
 ---||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2----|
 ---||o-----2/4-5-4\2-4================-|-----------------2/4-5-4\2-4--------|
 ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    || [e.] s s s s s h                    [q-e.]         s s s s s s s s s  |
 GUIT 2                                                                      |
    ||  D [up&down "drag" strum]                                             |
 ---||--------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2=======---------------|
 ---||--------3---3=======--------------|---------3---3=======---------------|
 ---||o-------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2=======---------------|
 ---||o--0================------0-------|---0=================------0--------|
 -0-||-----------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----|
 ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  e      q    e   e---e      e  e  e        q     e   e-----e   e   e   e


 [grace note]
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |----(0h)1-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |----------------2---2=================|===2====----------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |        q.      e   h---------------------q     [h.]                       |
 |                                                                           |
 |      Dm7                                                                  |
 |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5======----------------|
 |------------6---6=======--------------|---------6---6======----------------|
 |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5======----------------|
 |--------3===============------3-------|---3================-------0--------|
 |---------------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
          q   e   e---e      e  e  e        q     e   e-----e   e   e   e


 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|---------------------------------0--|
 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2----|
 |----------2/4-5-4\2-4================-|-----------------2/4-5-4\2-4--------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |     [e.] s s s s s h                    [q-e.]         s s s s s s s s s  |
 |                                                                           |
 |      D                                                                    |
 |------------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2======----------------|
 |------------3---3=======--------------|---------3---3======----------------|
 |------------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2======----------------|
 |-------0================------0-------|---0================-------0--------|
 |---------------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
         q    e   e---e      e  e  e        q     e   e-----e   e   e   e


 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |----(0h)1-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |----------------2---2=================|===2====----------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |        q.      e   h---------------------q     [h.]                       |
 |                                                             slow gliss sl.|
 |      Dm7                                                          G5      |
 |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5==========------------|
 |------------6---6=======--------------|---------6---6==========-----3\-----|
 |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5==========-----0-\----|
 |--------3===============------3-------|---3====================-----5\-----|
 |---------------------------0-----0----|-------------------------------\----|
 |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
          q   e   e---e      e  e  e        q     e   e-q             q


 ___________________________________________________________________________
 | A1::                                                            -->to A::|

 |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |--------2h3--2p0-----2==============-|--------2h3--2p0-----2=============-||
 |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
 |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
 |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |  [q]   s s  s s     h                  [q]   s s  s s     h              ||
 |                                                                          ||
 |  Asus2                    G5            Asus2                            ||
 |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |---0=================0------3\-------|---0=================0=====---------||
 |---2=================2------0-\------|---2=================2=====--------o||
 |---2======---2=======2------5\-------|---2======---2=======2=====---*----o||
 |---------0===========0--------\------|---------0===========0=====---0-----||
 |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
     q     e   e       q      q            q     e   e       q.       e
 <_____________________________________>


 A2:: same as A1 ending, but omit *[final open "a" note]; go to B::


 A3:: repeat & fade on measure 1 <____> of A1:: ending, all the while
       hoping your electric's in tune for "Supernaut"!...


 B:: [only GUIT1 shown; GUIT2: play chords as indicated]

   C                                    Am
 ||------0---3---1--0h1p0-----0--------|-------------------------------------|
 ||--1--------------------3-------3-1--|--0-------0h1p0------0---------------|
 ||------------------------------------|------2----------2-------2=========--|
 ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
     e   e   e   e s3s3s3 e   e   s s     e   e  s3s3s3  e   e   e-q

  G                                                        Bb(hold for 4)->A::
 |-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------||
 |--3--1-0h1p0-----3--1-0h1p0----|------------------------|-----------------||
 |--------------2--------------2-|--0------0----------0h2-h-3=============-o||
 |-------------------------------|------------------------|----------------o||
 |-------------------------------|------------------------|------GUIT2:--0--||
 |-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------||
    e  e s3s3s3 e  e  e s3s3s3 e    q-e    e-q.       s s   w            e


 FINAL NOTE: This is as close to the recording as I could get ten years or
   so ago--but I recall that, when playing it with a guitar buddy, the
   Asus4 & G5 chords seemed to clash a bit with the "lead" melody, since the
   pitch ranges are so damn close. So I substituted the following voicings
   at one point, and it worked out pretty well:

        G5         Asus2
       ______      ______
   VII |||1||  VII |||||1
       ||||2|      ||||||
       ||||||      |||2||
       |||||4      ||||3|        Now, about that string section....
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